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Components of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment

After you install and set up the Agentless Monitor for Windows, you have an environment that contains the client, server, and monitoring agent implementation for Tivoli Monitoring.

This Tivoli Monitoring environment contains the following components:

Tivoli Enterprise Portal client

The portal has a user interface based on Java for viewing and monitoring the enterprise.

Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server

The portal server is placed between the client and the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and enables retrieval, manipulation, and analysis of data from the monitoring agents. The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server is the central repository for all user data.

Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

The monitoring server acts as a collection and control point for alerts received from the monitoring agents, and collects their performance and availability data. The Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server is also a repository for historical data.

Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent, Agentless Monitor for Windows

This monitoring agent collects data and distributes the data to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal, Tivoli Data Warehouse, and Tivoli Integrated Portal.

This agent can run on a separate system from the system where the Windows Operating Systems is running.

Multiple copies of this agent can run on the same system.

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is an optional component and the recommended event management component. The Netcool/OMNIbus software is a service level management (SLM) system that delivers real-time, centralized monitoring of complex networks and IT domain events. Event information is tracked in a high-performance, in-memory database and presented to specific users through individually configurable filters and views. The software includes automation functions that you can use to perform intelligent processing on managed events. You can use this software to forward events for Tivoli Monitoring situations to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console

The Tivoli Enterprise Console is an optional component that acts as a central collection point for events from various sources, including events from other Tivoli software applications, Tivoli partner applications, custom applications, network management platforms, and relational database systems. You can view these events through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal (using the event viewer), and you can forward events from Tivoli Monitoring situations to the Tivoli Enterprise Console component. If you do not already use Tivoli Enterprise Console and need an event management component, you can choose to use IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager

The Tivoli Business Service Manager component delivers real-time information to help you respond to alerts effectively based on business requirements. Optionally, you can use this component to meet service-level agreements (SLAs). Use the Tivoli Business Service Manager tools to help build a service model that you can integrate with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus alerts or optionally integrate with data from an SQL data source. Optional components provide access to data from other IBM Tivoli applications such as Tivoli Monitoring and TADDM.


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Overview of the agent

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